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YPSILANTI, or HYPSILANTI , the name of a family of Phanariot Greeks claiming descent from the Comneni. ALEXANDER YPSILANTI (17251805) was dragoman of the Porte, and from 1774 to 1782 hospodar of Wallachia, during which period he drew up a code for the principality. He was again appointed . hospodar just before the outbreak of the war with Austria and Russia
Constantinople , he fell under the suspicion of the sultan and was executed in 1805. His son CONSTANTINE
Greece
sultan and in 1799 appointed by him hospodar of Moldavia. Deposed in 1805, he escaped to St Petersburg
Bucharest
work
Greece
Russia
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